System of fluid distribution



(Nn Model.) I

D. H. MAURY, JI. SYSTEM 0F FLUID DISTRIBUTN.

No. 593,057. 'A Patented Nov. 2, 1897.

'WMM will H ilNirnn Srnrns Parent @reina DABNEY IIERNDO MAURY, JR., OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS.

SYSTEM OF FLUID DISTFIIBUTIGN.`

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 593,057, dated November 2, 1897.

Application led November 25,1895. Serial No. 570,014. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern: I

Be it known thatV I, DABNEY I-IERNDON MAURY, Jr., a citizen of the United States# residing at Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Systems of Fluid Distribution, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying' drawing, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to anew and improved system of fluid distribution which is more especially adapted for use in supplying towns and cities with water and in connection with oil and salt wells.

In many parts of this country as well as others, and particularly in the level prairie sections, the water-supply for the cities is generally obtained from wells, and great difiiculty is sometimes experienced in securing a well with sufficient capacity for the purpose. .In some instances great expense is entailed by reason of the necessity for having sepa-rate pumping plants, and in others different methods are employed for keeping up the supply. .The same objections obtain in regard to oil and salt wells.

The object of my invention is to utilize a single pumping or power plant for bringing iiuid from one or more separate and independent wells 'or other sources of supply to a convenient central point for distribution by said plant, whereby the supply at the central point can be maintained regardless of the level of the duid in the separate sources of supply.

Another object of my invention is to maintain a constant and adequate source of supply which is fed automatically by other wells or supplemental sources of supply and all operated froni a single pumping plant; and a further object is to pu mp or otherwise obtain fluid from the supplemental wells by means of power derived from the pressure of fluid coming from the pumping plant.

While my invention may be especially adapted for use in the level sections of the country, itis not in any way thereby restricted or limited in its application, and it may also be employed for other purposes and in other connections than for water distribution, including oil, brineand other uids.

I will now proceed to describe my invention as adapted for supplying water, in connection with the accompanying drawing, which shows a diagrammatic view of a simple embodiment of the invention. v

It is to be understood that a reservoir may be dispensed with entirely, as it constitutes no part of my invention. The drawing, however, illustrates how my invention may be employed in connection with a reservoir which, for convenience, I have shown in a simple form.

A designates a main supply-well, B a suction-pipe leading to the pumping plant C, and D the force-main which leads from the pumping plant. In the drawing I have shown this force-main D connected with a reservoir E by a pipe F; but, as before stated, the reservoir may be omitted and the force-main lead from the pumping plant directly to the city or elsewhere. The reservoir outlet-pipe G may communicate with the force-main at any desired point when a reservoir is provided.

The main source of supplyis usuallyawell, but'a tank or other and different sources may be employed without affecting the beneficial results derived from the use of my invention. Any suitable form of pump may be used at the pumping plant and any number of pumps may be employed therein. The force-main may lead directly from the pumping plant or from the reservoir, if there be one, or from both.

If only the single well A were used, the supply of water therein would be liable to fail, and in any event the power of the pumping plant would be maintained at an average far below its maximum, due to undue or eX- cessive suction-lift. In order to keep the main well A always supplied with sufficient water, I provide any number of supplemental wells H, located at any distance from the main source of supply and connected therewith by an inclined pipe I. In the drawing only one of these supplemental wells is illustrated; but I may employ any number and they may be of any kind that may be found necessary or desirable, all of them being operated in substantially the same manner and communicating with the main well.

A water-motor J, of some approved construction, is arranged in or near to the sup- IOO f the motor r.Iinto the supplemental Well.

'will thus be observed that the water Whichv l plemental Well, and it is driven by Water unyfor a separate 'pump may be provided at the pumping plant for the purpose of generatingy the pressure necessary for driving the motor` A pump Lis located inthe supplemental well, and it is driven by the Water-motor J through the medium of the shaft M or other suitable connections.rr Thewaterlift'ed by the pump L passes through a pipe N into the inclined pipe I, and the Water which passes through the motor J 'also passes into said pipe I through a pipe O and Ithence to the main Well, or vthe water which passes through the motor may, if desirable, return toy the well through a separate pipe or be discharged from It has been pumped from the main Welland f used rto run theWater-motor J is conducted back to the main Well and-is not Wasted, While at thee-ame time the Water from the supplemental Well 'is transferred to they main well.

Obviously the water from the supplemental v ywells and also the Water employed to littthe Water from said Wells may bev led directlyintoy the suction-pipe B instead of into an open Well,

yas illustrated in the drawing, such variation themselves toengineers being Within the f scopefofy my invention.

The Water used to drive the pump is saved,

the supply in the main Well is maintained,

rand ronly a single pumping plant required,

vided in the different pipes to regulate andV control the Water.

The particular arrangement and location of the different parts constituting my improved system are immaterial, and the connections herein described may be changed to suit varying conditions Without departing from my` invention. y

The advantages resulting from Vthe use of my system must be manifest to those familiar With the art. I am enabled by this system to maintain a constant and sufficient source It is not necessaryfthaty of supply and utilize the pressure of Water in f theforcemain to transfer Water from a supplemen tal Well tothe main Well'. f Inv referring to the main source of supply as a Well it must ynot be understood that any special source of supply is necessary, for a tank or other source of supply would fulfil all the requirements of r'my invention.

Although Ihave described my invention in its application to a Water-supply system, I

' Would ydistinctly havey it understood that this is but one of its many uses, and it may be employed With equally good results in conne@` tion with oil and' salt Wells and otherwise.

I am aware that changes in the details ot my improved Water-supply system and in the means employed for carrying out ymy invention may be made Without departing from the spirit rand without sacrificing the advantages thereof, and I therefore desire to 'reservethe v f f right to Ina-ke all such changes as fall Within thescope of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention,v f f What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isu Y l. Ina fluid-supply system, the combination With a main source ofsupply and a pumping plantpf one or more supplemental sources of supply connected by pipes or passages with the main source of supply, a pump operated by fluid under pressure fromsaid rplant and adapted todeliver the fluid of the supplemenand many others that Will readily suggest,r

tal vsource of supply into a passage leading back to the main source of supply, and a con-y duit for returning to the main source of supf ply the iiuid by which the pump is operated,

substantially as described.

2. Ina Huid-supply system, the combination with a main well, a pumping plant connected therewith, a force-main, one or more supplemental Wells, an inclined pipe leading from the supplemental Well to the main Well, a pump in the supplemental Well adapted to deliver fiuid into said pipe, a motor to operate said pump, a pipe leading from the forcemain to the motor to deliver fluid thereto, and a pipe leading from the motor to the pipe communicating With the main Well t -o deliver therein the fluid from the motor, substantially as described.

DARNEY HERNDON MAURY, JR.

W'itnesses:

WALTER S. HoRToN, WILLIAM T. ABBOTT.

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